I give you a thumbs down for sending a perfectly good vehicle to be junked. It's just as bad as the Cash for Clunkers program. Disgustingly wasteful. Just keep it till you sell it.
The registration and inspection being expired won't really matter for a quick 5-minute test drive, and once they take the car it's their problem. Having the registration and inspection current only adds value, though.
Well, the car has a few problems (a "perfectly good vehicle" it is not), not fundamental mechanical problems, but problems. Today I took it for a 120 mile drive and realized just what they are:
1. I'd forgotten about the fact that the horn hasn't worked for years.
2. I was adjusting the rear view mirror on the way home and it came off in my hand. This is the 2nd time it's come off the windshield. It was glued with some kind of epoxy. I repaired it first time with a kit made especially to reattach RVM's, but it came off again. This time it took a small chunk of glass with it.
3. The headliner (the felt material on the bottom of the vehicle's roof) had come unglued over most of its area and eventually I remedied that by attacking it with a staple gun. I'd forgotten about that. It's OK, but it's not exactly chic.
4. The doors don't always lock/unlock by activating a switch.
5. The front passenger window isn't operational. It's up, but trying to use it could result in the window not being closed. I have tape over the switch on the driver's side to remind me not to use it.
6. The AC is non-functional.
These things don't interfere with the vehicle's basic operation, but they are not insignificant. Whether or not I turn the car over to be crushed depends on whether I get an offer. Your thumbs up or down is bullshit. If I don't get any interest by Monday (3 days from now), I'm simply going to take my $1000 and not look back. I don't want that thing in my driveway anymore and not being insured or registered will just make it an even greater albatross around my neck. That car has screwed up my driveway in a terrible way from just sitting there. There's no remedy for that other than expensive concrete work, but I don't want it sitting there any more. You're saying that not being registered or insured is not going to prevent a test drive and sale, but that's rolling dice and I'd prefer not to. I don't believe in leaving things that could be catastrophic to chance.
Yes, this car could be useful and worth over $1000 to someone. It might have another 100,000 miles potential usefulness to someone, maybe more. However, that someone would have to either not care about the car's problems or be willing to take care of them. I don't know that this person exists. If I don't get so much as a nibble after 4 days of prominent advertising I have to assume it's a bit of a long shot.
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